SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-36242

In the cryptography package before 3.3.2 for Python, certain sequences of update calls to symmetrically encrypt multi-GB values could result in an integer overflow and buffer overflow, as demonstrated by the Fernet class.

CRITICAL 9.1EPSS 6.72%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.72%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

In the cryptography package before 3.3.2 for Python, certain sequences of update calls to symmetrically encrypt multi-GB values could result in an integer overflow and buffer overflow, as demonstrated by the Fernet class.

CVSS 3.1
9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS
6.72% probability · 94th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-190, CWE-787
Affected
cryptography.io/cryptography · fedoraproject/fedora · oracle/communications cloud native core network function cloud native environment
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.